Articles of ‘The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’

Directions: Walead Beshty

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington D.C.)
April 30 - September 13, 2009
 The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Smithsonian’s museum of international modern and contemporary art is exhibiting “Directions,” a solo show by Walead Beshty. This project features 11 new oversized photograms and a group of glass sculptures–both bodies of work make the artist’s process [...]



The Cinema Effect

By David Schmidt
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has included the unprecedented exhibition: “The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality and the Moving Image” in this year’s schedule. It is a reflection on how the invention of cinema and its accompanying introduction of the moving image have radically changed the human being’s perception of his surroundings.